GCC options and floating-point correctness (benchmarks)

[Scott Robert Ladd]

Joe Buck wrote:
> But there's a problem.  People have posted trivial programs where icc
> majorly violates IEEE rules.  Could Intel be tuning specifically to work
> well on paranoia, but take impermissible shortcuts elsewhere?

That's certainly possible. It's not like we haven't seen such creativity 
in other situations. However, I'd want to find some proof before making 
any accusations in this case.

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Scott Robert Ladd
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